- Choose and limit your battles - Provide data to make an argument - Put your concerns in writing - Challenge your manager to ask their bosses tough question

- Choose and limit your battles - Provide data to make an argument - Put your concerns in writing - Challenge your manager to ask their bosses tough questions - Form coalitions with other managers to try to solve problems together - Ask for a skip level (IMHO once a quarter, not just to address business problems but to maintain good relationships) - If your employees are still at risk and upper management does nothing, threaten to quit